Union undergarment for men



Patented Oct. 5, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARY D. NEILSON, F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

UNION UNDERGARMENT FOR MEN.

Application filed August 21, 1920. Serial No. 405,140.

My invention relates to a union undergarment for men preferably constructed of inelastic material such as muslin or namsook, the garment being so constructed that it will fit the wearer no matter what the position of the body without strain or tension at any point; the garment bemg so constructed that it has a front opemng terminating at a point somewhat above the crotch and adapted to be closed by buttons in the usual way, and between the front opening and the crotch are two layers of material placed in overlapping relation with an opening between said layers of material from the outside to the inside of the garment such that in effect the lower portion and crotch of the garment are closed and provide a fabric covering, and yet an o ening is provided. The garment is provlded with a side opening along the drawers member adapted to be closed by buttons or snaps. It will be noted, therefore, that a feature of marked advantage of this garment is that the lower and crotch portion is at all times provided with a complete fabric covering, not depending upon buttons or snaps so that the garment is always comfortable and sanitary upon the wearer.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection w1th the detailed description thereof, and the novel features of said invention are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating the appllcation of my invention in one form,

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevational view of a figure of a man wearing the garment and holdin a sample of the garment, to illustrate the fabric-closed front opening. Fig. 2 is another figure of a man with the garment in position showing the fulling and the side opening; Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of attern members showing the manner of abricating the garment; Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the fabricated garment as shown on line 6--6 of 1 I r E it! The garment comprises a back portion, as shown in Fig. 5, consisting of two parts 10 and 11, the part 11 being secured along the seam 12, shown in Fig. 2.

The joining edge of part 11, as shown in Fig. 5 at 13 is longer than the correspond ing joining edge 14 of the part 10 so that the upper waist portion 11 of the back member is fulled in at its junction with the member 10, producing a garment having the desirable fullness for freedom of movement of the" shoulder blades and the muscles of the back. The garment further comprises a front member consisting of two pieces 15 and 16 as illustrated in Fig. 3, which pieces have substantially parallel inside and outside edges 17, 18, 19 and 20, respectively, and V-shape portions 21 and 22, respectively, extending inwardly from the line of the ed es 17 and 19.

vIn fabricating t e garment, the edges 17 and 19 above the V-shape portions 21 and 22 are provided with buttons and buttonholes or snap fasteners which fasten the front opening of the garment. ,The edges 18' and are sewed to the side edges of the back member comprising united portions 10, 11. As indicated, the edges 18 and 20 have a portion a which is sewed to a corresponding portion a of the same length on the back portion. The edges 18 and 20 have another portion 6 which is sewed to edge portions 12 of the back member. It is to be noted that the length of the edges 6 is much shorter than the length of the edges 6 so that when the same are sewed together in a seam, indicated at 23 of Fig. 1, there will be a fulled portion as shown at 24. A similar fulled portion shown at 25 in Fig.

'2 is produced by sewing an edge b of the back member to a band 26 which is provided with button-holes or snap members adapted to close the side opening by means of buttons or snap members on a similar band 27 on theedge 18 of the front member 15. The seam 24 is closed at the bottom by the junctionof edges 18 and 20 with side edges of the back member--10, 11 along portions 0 and 0, respectively. The closure of the bottom of the garment is effected by uniting with a curved edge 30 at the bottom of the back member edges 31 and 32 on the bottom portions of the Vs of front members 15 and 16, the legs of the garment being provided, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, by the enveloping portions terminating in the matching edges d and e, and d and e, respectively. As shown in Fig. 4, separate insert pieces 33 and 34 are provided which are symmetrical and broadly V-shaped on one side and these pieces are sewed into the garment in conjunction with the union of the back and front members heretofore described so that each insert will have one edge sewed into the lower edge of the V- shaped member of one front section and another edge sewed to the upper edge of the V-portion of the other front member whereby two layers of material are placed in overlapping relation just above the crotch of the garment with an opening between said layers of material from the outside to the inside of the garment. Specifically this is effected by sewing the edge 35 of insert 33 between and to edges 31 of the front member 15 and 30 of back member 10, while at the same time the up er edge 36 of member 33 is sewed direct y to the upper V-edge 37 of front member 16. Likewise, the edge 38 of insert 34 is sewed to and between edge, 32 of member 16 and edge 30 of back member 10, while the upper edge 39 of member 34 is sewed to the upper V-edge 40 of front member 15.. Edges 37 and 40 of front members 15 and 16 are sewed together for a very short distance below the bottom or snap edges 17 and 19 as indicated at 41 in Fig. 1, and the outer edge 42 of insert 34 is sewed down upon the body of member 15, as indicated at 43 in Fig. 1. The relation of these parts and the manrer in which they are gathered together is also diagrammatically illustrated in the, cross-sectional view of Fig. 6. It will be apparent that insert 34 forms an extension over-lapping the body of front member 15, while insert 33 forms a corresponding extension in the opposite direction underlapping the body of member 16, there being thus formed two layers of material in parallel planes, as clearly indicated in Fig. 6, with a lateral openingbetween the same, indicated at 44 in Figs. 1 and 6. From this it will be seen that the garment in use provides a permanently closed crotch portion, and a part immediately above the crotch portion which automatically is closed at all times when in use and yet which provides a lateral opening of the proper size and position, thus insuring a garment which when worn is in the highest degree comfortable, sanitary and convenient.

I claim:

1. A union undergarment for men having waist and leg portions, said garment opening down the front to a point above the crotch at which point it is permanently closed, and having fastenings for the front opening, the crotch being permanently closed, there being between the permanent closure of the front opening and the crotch two layers of material in overlapping relation with an opening between said layers of material from the outside to the insideof the garment, said layers each being formed partly by an extensin of a leg portion and partly by an insert sewed to the 7 their other edges with portions parallel to said side edges, and broad V-shaped projections extending from the line thereof, the lower portion of said V in each instance being sewed to the curved bottom of the back member forming the legs, and a pair of symmetrical inserts each having one edge sewed into the lower edge of the V member of one front section and another edge sewed to the upper edge of the V portion of the other front member whereby two layers of material are placed in overlapping relation just above the crotch with an opening be tween said layers of material from the outside to the inside of the garment.

3. A union undergarment for men comprising a front formed of two straight members united along the center line to provide portions of both waist and legs and a back formed of two portions united transversely at the waist line and along the sides to the side edges of the integral front portions, the upper member of said back being of greater extent than the lower member and gathered thereto at the waist line to give fullness in the shoulders and back, the side edges of said lower back member being longer than the corresponding side edges of the portions of the front members to which it is attached and being secured in plaits thereto to give fullness at the seat.

4. A union undergarment for men comprising a front formed of two straight mem bers united along the center line to provide portions of both waist and legs, a back formed of two portions united transversely at the waist line and along the sides to the side edges of the integral front portions, the upper member of said back being of greater extent than the lower member and athered thereto at the waist line to give illness in the shoulders and back, the side edges of said lower back member being longer than the corresponding side edges of the portions of the front members to which it is attached and being secured in plaits thereto to give fullness at the seat, and inserts sewed into the legs between the lower portions of the front and rear parts above referred to and to one another so as to provide a lateral opening between said inserts in and below the center line of the front and at the crotch of the garment.

5. A union undergarment for men having waist and leg portions, said garment opening down the front to a point above the crotch at which point it is permanently closed, and having fastenings for the front part of the legs and to overlie one another opening, the crotch being permanently between the permanent closure of the front closed, the legs of the garment being formed and the permanent closure at the crotch 10 by extensions of front and rear portions of to provide a Iateral opening in the garment.

5 the garment and by inserts sewed to said In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my front and rear portions of the garment and signature. to one another in such manner as to form a MARY D. NEILSON. 

